Search Results for 'Island'

Panel doesn’t envision Oasis condotel project on Deer Island...

BILOXI -- Larry Mitrenga’s dream of building a resort on the west end of Deer Island off the coast of Biloxi was voted against Thursday by the Biloxi Planning Commission. The Commission was unanimous in its vote to recommend denying [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

SOLDIER INJURED IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND CRASH

An Australian soldier has been seriously injured in a car crash on Christmas Island. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) on Sunday said two members were involved in a single-vehicle accident on the island on Saturday. Local emergency se [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Island, Cabbage Cay, Bahamas

Cabbage Cay is private, 35 acre, fee-simple island, located in the World Famous Bonefish flats, within the inner bay of North Eleuthera. Cabbage Cay is just a few minutes west of Harbour Island, and less than two miles north of the North [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island

Larger than life, as dramatically fanciful as it is magnificent in scope and concept, Atlantis, Paradise Island is a glorious and wonderfully playful celebration of the legends of the lost city of Atlantis reflected in unique entertainmen [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

The Island

In response to Steven Landsburg's article, Here is a simple island situation that will make this problem clear. Imagine everyone fishes to eat each day, and that Mr. Kendrick invents a net and a boat and begins accumulating fish in hi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Big Island of Hawai’i Latest to Ban Plastic Bags

In December, the Hawai’i County Council passed a bill banning the use of plastic bags on what is known as the “Big Island” of Hawai’i. Yesterday, Mayor Billy Kenoi signed the bill into law. Kenoi had the option to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

'Boris Island' airport: how, what, where?

Reports have suggested that there is new support at the very top of government for an airport in the Thames estuary – an idea floated by Boris Johnson, whose support led to it being nicknamed "Boris Island". But what would [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Japan to name 39 remote islands to cement economic zone

The government will name 39 uninhabited remote islands by the end of March to establish the basis of Japan's exclusive economic zone, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Monday. The top government spokesman told a press confer [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Island of Montecristo to be bombed with poison after rat inf...

The uninhabited island, a protected nature reserve lying between the coast of Tuscany and Corsica, has been invaded by thousands of black rats. The rodents are believed to have arrived on the four-square-mile island as stowaways on boats [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Yacht Charter in the Whitsunday Islands

The Whitsunday Islands lie off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north eastern corner of the mainland continent. It is neighboured by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

In Japan, a Rebuilt Island Serves as a Cautionary Tale

On the night of July 12, 1993, the remote island of Okushiri was ripped apart by a huge earthquake and tsunami that now seem an eerie harbinger of the much larger disaster that struck northeastern Japan last March. Islanders still recall [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Solomon Islands hit by magnitude-6.6 quake; no reports of in...

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, Solomon Islands — Santa Cruz Island in the South Pacific has rocked by a magnitude-6.6 earthquake, but there have been no reports of injuries and authorities say there is no threat of a tsunami. The United Stat [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

The Adriatic island

There are approximately 1200 islands in total, 69 of which are inhabited. A recent study by the Institute of Oceanography from Split (2000) shows that there are 1246 islands: 79 large islands, 525 islets and 642 ridges and rocks.

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Cayman Island cops home after six weeks

A team of Lancashire police officers has returned from a luxury holiday island where police chiefs say they helped investigate a string of grisly gangland killings. The Lancashire officers – a detective inspector and three detective [...]